Cloning Sendmail server for DR

[cts123]

Hi,

I have a sendmail server which is running on RHEL 4. I am not a Linux guy. But wanted to confirm with you guys, for DR testing we are making an identical server with RHEL 4.

If I copy all files under /etc/mail from the current sendmail server ( by tar ..say send_mail_data.tar) and do un-tar in DR Linux server under /etc/mail, will that server be used as sendmail in DR environment?

Beside I will change the server name and IP address of the DR server as current production sendmail server during DR testing.

Correct me if I am wrong.

Thanks.
Sam

 

[RhythmAce]

I don't see why it won't work the way you planned. However, don't forget the user's mail. You will need to copy all the files in /var/spool/mail/ also.

 

[cts123]

Thanks ..RhythmAce.

I will take note of that too ..which you mentioned. I will let you know my outcome and DR test confirmation .shortly.

Thanks again.

Regards,
Sam